Unit 3, Week 2 Assessment Review

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. 

Part A: What is the central idea of this passage? p.12

• Cesar Chavez started a group called the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA).

• Most people stopped buying grapes to support the striking farmworkers.

• Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez fought for everyone to have the same rights.  

• People protested against the bus company.

Part B: 

Which relevant detail best supports the central idea from Part A?

• “Cesar Chavez grew up working in the fields in California.” (paragraph 6)

• “Rosa Parks let herself be arrested because she wanted to show people how unfair Jim Crow laws were.” (paragraph 4)

•  “On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus in Montgomery.” (paragraph 3)

• “They worked long hours and earned very little money.”  (paragraph 6)

Which sentence provides the best summary for this passage?

• Cesar Chavez went on a hunger strike because he wanted to support the farmworkers.

• Rosa Parks fought for equality. 

• People protested against the bus company that went on for thirteen months. 

• Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez helped work for important causes and helped change America. 

Select one reason the author gives to support the claim that Cesar Chavez helped gain better working conditions. 

• “Workers in grape fields received more pay and other important rights to protect their health and safety.” (paragraph 11) 

•  “Cesar Chavez decided to do something to improve farmworkers’ lives.” (paragraph 6)

• “The strike went on for several years.” (paragraph 9)

• “Rosa Parks, an African American, tried twice to register to vote in Alabama.” (paragraph 2)

What does the word strike mean as it is used in paragraph 8? 

• to put your name on an official list to do something 

• things people are allowed to do or have

• workers stop working to get their employer to agree to something

• shows of disapproval of something 

What does the word responsibility mean as it is used in paragraph 8? pp.6-8

• has the same worth or value as something else

• a responsibility that citizens have

• the same rights or status as others

• a duty or task that you are expected to do 

Think about both passages you have read, "Election Day" and "Fighters for Rights: Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez". Which idea was presented in both passages?

• African Americans were kept from being able to vote.  

• Young adults were not able to vote until 1971.

• Thurgood Marshall won a case in the Supreme Court.

• Cesar Chavez voted to support the striking farmworkers in Delano.